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Marketing Entrepreneur

Frankie Thieriot Stutes, founder of Athletux, shares her journey to finding a unique career path in the equine industry.

BALANCING BAREBACK

Riding bareback is tons of fun, but it takes a bit of extra skill.

SADDLE UP

In order for your equipment to work properly, it's good to check in and make sure you're putting it on correctly.

WOUND CARE

Get the lowdown on how to treat common minor injuries and learn what to do for more serious ones.

REPORTING live

Your favorite horsey YouTube star shares a day in the life while reporting from the CHIO Aachen World Equestrian Festival.

MAKE A LESSON DIARY

Get the most out of every lesson by writing down what you've learned and tracking your progress.

The Right Way to Say Goodbye

The was held for a human friend of mine. He had been killed in a car accident two months previously, and various investigations/complications had delayed the burial.

A New Way to Manage Senior Cats' Aches and Pains

Blu, my 15-year-old Maine Coon Cat neuter, was showing signs of his age, most notably, a pronounced "plodding" in his walk and favoring his right back leg.

Some Things Get Better With Age Finding a Forever Home For a Senior Cat

One of the hardest decisions we make as breeders is to rehome an adult cat. Sometimes they are a poor fit for the show program, other times they don’t thrive in a cattery setting.

SONGS OF SURRENDER

The musical legacy of a notorious Mississippi prison.

CABIN FEVER

What tradition means at the historic Neshoba County Fair.

HEART

Before 2015, I'd never been to Beijing, which is quite odd-an adult who's been working a few years ought to have visited the capital for a meeting or a classmate's wedding or simply to view the corpses of great men. For some reason, anyway. But I never did-a training session in Shenzhen, a business trip to Sichuan, but never Beijing. I never even got as far as Hebei.

FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTERS

Writers reimagine Mary Shelley and the monster she created.

TOP OF THE LINE

Kwame Onwuachi and the rise of autobiographical cuisine.

OTHER DETECTORS

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Have Awe got your attention? Wonderful. Here at BleepCo, we're dedicated to providing you and your family with tremendously sensitive smoke detectors. If your neighbor is having, say, a barbecue, or a house fire, our devices will sense it and you'll be the first to know.

THE GROUP THAT OVERTURNED ROE

Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it's targeting trans rights.

BIG LITTLE LIES

Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino got famous studying dishonesty. Did they fabricate some of their work?

PREACHER MAN

Leslie Odom, Jr., stars in \"Purlie Victorious.\"

THIS IS FINE

Ed Ruscha's calmly collapsing America.

CHICAGO IS BURNING

The blaze that ravaged a metropolis, and the lies that it launched.

The Amazing Kit Kat From the Farm to Guinness Star

Walking into professional animal trainer Trish Seifried’s spotless home in Eureka, Missouri, is a pet-lover’s dream. Visitors will be greeted by three happy dogs, a chatty green-winged Macaw, and a multi-colored clowder of domestic long and shorthairs, three Siberians, and a macho Bambino, Rogan, who at any moment may launch himself on to your shoulder.

Bigger Isn't Always Better The Prostate Problem

Marketing and advertising companies encourage belief that bigger is always better. Why settle for just a regular burger when you can upgrade to a mega-burger combo? Why settle for a small home (that you can probably clean yourself) if you can afford a mansion (that requires you to hire help with the upkeep)?

Why Do Breeders Stop Breeding?

Ten years ago, approaching 57 years of age, I attended my first cat show - the August 2013 Midwest TGIF Fanciers show in St. Louis, MO. There, I met my first show cat, GCD, BW, RW Slava Better Believe It, a six-month-old male Siberian we called \"BB.\"

Is Your Cat Show Ready to Accommodate Children?

In this new era of social media, our target cat show guests (women aged 25-49) may be accompanied by children who are more excited than their parents to see the cats.

THE MISSION AT WAIILATPU

One fall day in 1831, four Nez Perce men arrived in St. Louis, Missouri. They sought a meeting with General William Clark. They had met Clark some 25 years before when he had explored the country with Meriwether Lewis and the Corps of Discovery.

Eyes on Oregon

The instructions President Thomas Jefferson gave his minister to France in 1802 were simple: negotiate the purchase of the port city of New Orleans from France.

WAGONS HO!

Oregon fever spread quickly in the early 1800s. The symptoms included restlessness, hunger for land, and a thirst for adventure. The cure was to get to Oregon Country as quickly as possible.

THE PATHFINDER

One man in particular provided information about the route to Oregon Country. He was explorer, soldier, and politician John Charles Frémont.

Let's Dine Out

Has your family ever taken a long car trip? Did you eat at restaurants or shop along the way? On the Oregon Trail, pioneers could not stop in restaurants or grocery stores.

From Point A to Point B

Before railways extended across the continent in the mid- to late 1800s, getting from one coast to the other in North America was a real trek.